Theodore Chao Lim

Keywords： Green Stormwater Infrastructure; Infrastructure Regulation; Neighborhood Revitalization; Spatially Distributed Infrastructure

Abstract：

The concept of Green Infrastructure, or using the natural processes of evapotranspiration and infiltration to manage stormwater runoff close to where rain falls is a popular concept among urbanists. In addition to providing the ecosystem services of flood management, the concept of Green Infrastructure realizes other goals of increasing urban livability, through mitigating urban heat island effect, providing community amenity, purifying air, and even reducing crime. At the same time, Green Infrastructure has been shown to be primarily driven by federal-level stormwater management regulations to make expensive improvements to aging infrastructure. Green Infrastructure is one way that cities may achieve this goal more efficiently. This paper traces the history of stormwater infrastructure regulation and urban sustainability in the US and explains how this national context influenced local policy in Washington DC neighborhoods. In addition to the popular narrative that Green Infrastructure can spur neighborhood revitalization, this paper identifies the market-driven urban processes that determine Green Infrastructure locations in revitalizing neighborhoods. Using an overlay analysis of these factors—centrallydriven planning processes, distributed voluntary participation and distributed development patterns, this paper shows how different neighborhoods throughout the District are likely to have different distributions of Green Infrastructure adoption rates, with areas experiencing high re-investment showing the highest levels of probably Green Infrastructure adoption.

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